Check-protector



F. E. ROTHE.

CHECK PROTECTOR- APPLICATION FILED 050.22, 1919.

1,386,535. at nted Aug. 2, 1921.

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V UNITED STATES PATENTAOFFICE.

FRED E. ROTHE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CHECK-PROTECTOR.

Application filed December 22, 1919.

T 0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED E. Kori-In, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Check-Protectors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a check protector and has for its primary object the provision of an inexpensive protector that may be carried in a coat pocket so that personal checks may be readily protected.

An object of the invention is to provide a check protector in which the parts are so arranged and associated that characters may be impressed on any portion of a check so as to protect the same.

A feature of the invention is the novel manner of constructing and associating the parts so that the number of parts will be reduced to a minimum and thereby the cost of manufacture materially reduced;

With these and other objects in view the invention will be better understood from the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompany drawing wherein- Figure l is a top plan view of the pro tector.

Fig. 2 is the top member before it receives its final shape.

Fig. 8 is an end elevation.

Figs. 4 and 5 are detailed views illustrating how the characters are formed.

Again referring to the drawing illustrating one form of construction of my invention #1 designates a base member stamped from a single sheet of metal and provided with a plurality of projections 2 arranged to form individual characters. The remaining member 3 of my device, hereinafter known as the top member, has one edge crimped to an edge portion of the bottom member as indicated at 4; this a very im-' portant feature when considering the cost of manufacture as it dispenses with the use Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 2, 1921.

Serial No. 346,494.

of rivets or other separate securing elements. The top member 3 is stamped to form a plurality of strips 4:, each provided with a plu' rality of holes 5 corresponding to the number of projections 2 forming the particular character with which it cooperates. The top member is further provided with a guard 6 which when crimped at the points? arranges the portion 8 of the guard over the ends of the strips so as to limit the resilient movement of the latter and further to prevent distortion of the strips such as when the protector is put into the pocket.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing it should be apparent that I provide a protector of simple and inexpensive construction that will impress-characters upon any portion of a check for fully protecting the same.

It is, of course, to be understood that the invention may be constructed in various other manners and the parts associated in different relations and therefore I do not desire to be limited in any manner except as set forth in the claim hereunto appended. Having thus described my invention what I claim is A check protector comprising a base member having a plurality of projections struck therefrom and forming independent characters, a one piece top member, said base member having one edge folded over upon itself and lying in facial abutment with the adjacent edge portion of said top member, the engaging portions of said base member and folded over portion being crimped to securely connect the base and top member a plurality of independent resilient strips cut from said top member and each having a series of holes therein for the reception of said projections, and a guard limiting the movement of said strips.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

FRED E. ROTHE. 

